Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs, Honorable Sarah Lou Y. Arriola (center) lead the inter-agency Philippine delegation to the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) preparatory stocktaking meeting in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Mr. Rodrigo Garcia (second from the right) of CFO joins DFA, DOLE and NEDA officials in the Philippine delegation. The GCM is expected to be adopted in an intergovernmental conference in Morocco in December 2018.

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. 4 December 2017. The Philippine delegation to the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) preparatory stocktaking meeting, speaking through its head of delegation, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary, Honorable Sarah Lou Y. Arriola, called for a migration regime that is migrant-centric and firmly anchored in human rights.